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The political scene indicates that al-Sharaa’s appointment was made within a narrow military circle, bypassing the concepts of democracy called for by the Syrian revolution, Rami Shafiq writes for ...

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated President Ahmad al-Sharaa on assuming the transitional presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic, as reported ...

For decades, the Syrian people have shouldered the financial burden of maintaining a military and its armaments, with little to show for it. The military’s inability to defend the country against ...

Russian diplomatic circles anticipate that the dialogue will address several critical issues left unresolved after the fall of the previous regime, Asharq al-Awsat. A high-level Russian delegation is ...

The Syrian pound experienced a significant upswing against the US dollar on Thursday, reaching 9900 SYP per USD—a level unseen since 2023, according to the “Lira Today” economic website. This ...

For Syria to succeed, the onus lies not only on Sharaa but also on the broader Syrian society and the international community. In the aftermath of the Assad regime’s collapse in December 2024, Ahmed ...

Shallal Kado, a prominent leader within the Kurdish National Council, emphasized that the movement envisions a future Syria as a decentralized state, with this principle enshrined explicitly in the ...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock described the sanctions suspension as positive news for both the Syrian people and Europe, Enab Baladi writes. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani ...

The widespread violations, killings, massacres, and repression that began in 2011 necessitate the immediate establishment of a specialized transitional justice body, Ammar Dayoub writes for Al-Araby ...

The political scene indicates that al-Sharaa's appointment was made within a narrow military circle, bypassing the concepts of democracy called for by the Syrian revolution, Rami Shafiq writes for ...

Mohammed al-Jassim’s journey from an uneducated agricultural worker to powerful warlord exemplifies the chaotic transformation of Syria’s revolution into a fractured landscape of opportunistic ...